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The book of Acts tells the story of the church’s most important juncture with history. In spite of rejections of the Messiah, God’s unconditional promises are in the process of realization in Luke’s account of salvation history. Luke’s story narrates and thereby interprets the fulfillment of conditional and unconditional promises in history and narrates the responses of believers and unbelievers....

but because of awe lest the same judgment befall them that had fallen on Ananias and Sapphira. Simultaneously, the apostolic miracles as well as the nature of the Christian community showed their effect in that the people held them in high honor. The community appeared as a closed awe–inspiring group that everyone liked, but no one dared to join, unless God himself opened the door. 14—And God did just that. More than ever believers were added, that is, God added new multitudes to the Lord of the
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